Börger celebrates 20th anniversary in the UK

Börger celebrates 20th anniversary in the UK
This year marks the 20th anniversary of pump company Börger establishing what has become a very successful UK operation. From day-one, the company in the United Kingdom and Ireland has been led by one David Brown.
How did you come to be at Börger, setting up the UK subsidiary?
DB: I was working in sales for a large compressor and pneumatics company, but when they made what I thought was a very unwise change in senior personnel, I believed it was time to get out. I saw a really interesting job in The Daily Telegraph for a sales engineer, but it asked for some ‘basic German language skills.’
Sprechen Sie Deutch, Herr Brown?
DB: Well, no, but I thought, stuff it, I’ll apply anyway – and before I knew it, I was being interviewed by Alois and Anne Börger at Birmingham Airport, and was then invited to Germany to make a presentation. And as they say, the rest is history.
And what happened to the compressor company?
DB: They went out of business!
So what were the early days like for Börger UK?
DB:...